@Cazalet33
Originally Posted by
Cazalet33
Or at least, it would have stung the warmongering First Sea Lord whose administrative incompetence cost so many British lives in the cockup that he administered there.
Not sure what you've got against Adm of the Fleet Sir Dudley Pound, but there's nothing in my history book the that tells me he "captured the premiership".
The other guy certainly cocked a few things up militarily, but hey, in war "stuff happens" and on balance I think the overwhelming majority of historians would agree that it was right that WC got a lot of credit for his part in winning the war.